Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6]

Bachmann: Hardball remarks urban legend

2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

...Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., says the televised remarks she made regarding patriotism was an urban legend and that didn't make them. Bachmann, appearing Tuesday night on Fox News' Hannity & Colmes show at first denied that she suggested on a pre-ele

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Bachmann: Anti-American remarks an 'urban legend'

2008-11-20T00:00:00Z

...Michele Bachmann, appearing Tuesday night on Fox News' show with Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes, dismissed as an "urban legend" reports that she had suggested on a preelection cable show with MSNBC's Chris Matthews that President-elect Barack Obama and ot

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Brooklyn Park megacurch smites IRS

2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

...report stated. The church's founder and pastor, James (Mac) Hammond, originally drew public attention by endorsing now-U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., from the pulpit, which violates IRS rules for tax-exempt organizations. He later apologized. The

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Euphoria over Obama win tempered by Senate recount

2008-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were disappointed by the re-election of Republicans Michele Bachmann and John Kline and the election of Republican Erik Paulsen to the 3rd District ...

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Corrections: For the Record

2008-11-16T00:00:00Z

... more kindly of Barack Obama after he was elected reversed, in some editions, the dates on which Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Gov. ...

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Corrections: For the Record

2008-11-15T00:00:00Z

... more kindly of Barack Obama after he was elected reversed, in some editions, the dates on which Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Gov. ...

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After loss to Michele Bachmann, El Tinklenberg faces decision ...

2008-11-14T00:00:00Z

... a trickle of checks still were arriving in the mail for El Tinklenberg's lost 6th District congressional race against Rep. Michele Bachmann. ...

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Ayoon wa Azan (Back to the Future)

2008-11-14T00:00:00Z

Representative Michele Bachmann once said, about Obama, "I'm very concerned that he may have anti-American views" though, truthfully speaking, ...

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GOP Self Examination Saturday (Seifert or Emmer?)

2008-11-14T00:00:00Z

The election requires a supermajority of 60% of the members. [Emmer fans, take note, PIM also predicted that US Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN6) and US Rep. ...

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Pawlenty tells MSNBC's Matthews to "calm down"

2008-11-14T00:00:00Z

After our favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann disaster, we were hoping for the best, but both of them held their own in a very passive-aggressive mess. ...

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Donâ€™t blame fair-lending laws

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

But the subprime-mortgage crisis has ratcheted the rhetoric way up. US Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) recently told a congressional committee that because ...

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Step Right Up To Receive Your Bailout (Rep. Michele Bachmann)

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

...now know were wrong from the very start. I voted against both versions of the bailout bill that came before the House of Representatives because they did nothing to address the fundamental root of the crisis, and that was the credit crunch. But the bill

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Republicans regroup after bad election showing

2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

It was also possible Democrats could pick off first-term US Rep. Michele Bachmann. But Bachmann won, and Erik Paulsen kept the Ramstad seat in Republican ...

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How Woodbury voted Election Day

2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

US House Rep. Michele Bachmann won her re-election bid in the Sixth district over with 46 percent of the vote to DFL challenger El Tinklenberg (43 percent) ...

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Ladd surveys the many results from the election

2008-11-11T00:00:00Z

He's also a bit surprised that Rep. Michele Bachmann was re-elected. All of Minnesota's US representatives were re-elected. Minnesota Rep. ...

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The Anderson Effect: Did Michele Bachmann win because people voted ...

2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

Dang. Iâ€™m guessing that most of Hennepin County is puzzled over the victory of Rep. Michele Bachmann over our favorite Hobbit, Elwyn Tinklenberg. ...

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Harsh words about Barack? Never mind now

2008-11-09T00:00:00Z

Just a few weeks ago, at the height of the campaign, Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota told Chris Matthews of MSNBC that, when it came to Obama, ...

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Lori Sturdevant: What if Minnesota used instant-runoff voting?

2008-11-09T00:00:00Z

â€¢US Rep. Michele Bachmann would not be headed back to Congress. The outspoken Republican culture warrior wound up at 46.4 percent on Tuesday. ...

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Obama raises hopes for online civility

2008-11-09T00:00:00Z

...nauseated me. There was the comment by Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., to MSNBC's Chris Matthews implying that some members of Congress are un-American. And who can forget defeated North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole's implication that her opponent (a Su

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Sarah Palin: 'God Bless Barack Obama'

2008-11-08T00:00:00Z

Representative Michele Bachmann, who expressed concern that Obama may have "anti-American views," now says she's "extremely grateful" he won. Alaska Gov. ...

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